Community
Florence Qiu
Founder, Sino-Anglo Cultural Exchange Association
Arts. Community. Culture.
Florence has been instrumental in pioneering Chinese arts and culture in the Chinese community, and to a wider mainstream audience in the North East of England. She founded the Sino-Anglo Cultural Exchange Association and her work and dedication has enhanced the quality of life for many of Newcastle’s members of the Chinese community, providing access and education to both the young and the old.
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Christine Yau
RestauranteurCommunity. Cuisine.
Y-Ming is one of the most established Chinese Restaurants in Soho, having been in business now for over 20 years. Its patrons include Hollywood A-list celebrities, politicians, writers, theatricals, and food critics alike, and the restaurant has variously been described as “unlike all the other restaurants in nearby Chinatown”, “beloved of the critics and rightly so”, and “a pleasure to dine in”.
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Ms. Lee Fulton
Independent Management ConsultantBusiness. Community. Politics.
Ms. Lee Fulton is an independent management consultant, specialising in diversity, equality, business strategy, change and quality. She has worked for Unilever, Prudential, TSB Bank, and City & Inner London North Training and Enterprise Council before going independent. She also worked as project leader for the Museums Association ‘Diversify’ programme, as an adviser to the National Archives on positive action, and for the Greater London Authority.
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Louise Wong
SolicitorCommunity. Law.
At the age of 23, Louise Wong is the youngest qualified solicitor to be admitted onto the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court, as attested by the Law Society. Her legal training has ranged from volunteering at the Derby Law centre, to working during her summer at a busy law firm in Hong Kong, to obtaining her honours degree in Law with European Studies, and finally achieving her crucial training contract with the Law centre, cementing her path towards qualified legal practice.
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Anne Chau
Chairman, Glasgow Chinese Women’s GroupCommunity.
Anne Chau is the founder of the Glasgow Chinese Women’s Group, established in 1987, which has provided strong support for the Chinese women in Glasgow, especially those isolated because of language difficulties.
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K H Li
Youth Orchestra LeaderCommunity. Music.
Mr K H Li is leader of the Youth Orchestra at the Pagoda Chinese Community Centre in Liverpool, which he established in 1980, having spent time in China and Hong Kong involved in various types of Cantonese music performances and composition. Over 200 young people aged 4-18 have learnt how to play Chinese instruments under his tutelage in Liverpool.
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Irene Chu
Birmingham Chinese SocietyCharities. Community.
Established in 1988, Birmingham Chinese Society is a charity and service provider serving the Chinese community in Birmingham and the West Midlands. From humble beginnings, the range of services the Society was able to offer expanded in 1994 when Irene Chu joined the organisation.
To meet the increasing needs of the local Chinese community the Society began to provide employment advice, focusing on confidence building, CV writing and job search skills. The Society’s business support services earnt it the title of Investor In People (IIP) and a Quality Standard, Matrix Standard.
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Mang Ping
Animal Welfare CampaignerCommunity. Politics.
Mang Ping has actively campaigned on animal welfare for the past 10 years, and is part of the organisation called Environment and Ethic Group based in Beijing, which brings these issues to the attention of the public.
Her articles on the conditions of captive animals were collectively published in 1999. As editor-in-chief of the ‘Animal Welfare and Animal Rights’ series from 2004, Mang Ping introduces ideas, theories and practice of animal welfare, winning the Science Times Cup for Reading in 2005.
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Pei Feng Su
Sociologist and Animal ActivistCommunity. Politics.
Pei-Feng Su, the co-founder of ACTAsia, has a Masters degree in Sociology and her thesis focused on Advocacy for Animals in the UK and has been active in animal advocacy for fifteen years.
ACTAsia is a new organisation set up by Asian animal activists to develop sustainable and professional animal advocacy. It conducted the workshops as part of its programme to provide knowledge, expertise, tools and platforms for Asian animal activists and groups, through training, mentoring and networking. She was formerly a Director of affiliate groups for an international animal welfare charity in the UK.
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Michael Chew Koon Chan, Lord Chan of Oxton
PaediatricianCommunity. Politics. Science.
The Singapore-born Lord Chan, who passed away at the beginning of 2006, was the House of Lords' only peer of Chinese origin. One of his medical specialities during his last decade as Liverpool University's professor of ethnic health had been the vulnerability of ethnic minorities.
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